Unemployment Rate In South Africa 2024 Graph. Unemployment rate in south africa increased to 33.50 percent in the second quarter of 2024 from 32.90 percent in the first quarter of 2024. Some 8.4 million people are now unemployed.

The latest unemployment data from stats sa showed that south africa’s unemployment rate rose to its highest level in a year in the first three months of 2024,. South africa’s unemployment rate rose for the second quarter in a row to 32.9% in the first three months of this year, data showed on tuesday, two weeks before.